There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
Luke 18:2 - The Text-Critical English New Testament He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man. American Standard Version (1901) saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man: Common English Bible He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. Catholic Public Domain Version saying: "There was a certain judge in a certain city, who did not fear God and did not respect man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, nor regarded man. |
There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
For a while he would not do so, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
So the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps when they see him they will have respect for him.’
Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?